diff --git a/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/Network.java b/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/Network.java
index d7e2f6d..f03555b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/Network.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/Network.java
@@ -27,12 +27,17 @@ public class Network {
      */
     public void addNeuron(int layer, int n) {
         if (!(this.layers.get(layer) instanceof FCLayer)) {
-            System.out.println("This layer is not a de.lluni.javann.layers.BlankLayer");
-        } else if (!(this.layers.get(layer + 2) instanceof FCLayer)) {
-            System.out.println("The next layer is not a de.lluni.javann.layers.BlankLayer");
+            System.out.println("This layer is not a FCLayer");
         }
+
         ((FCLayer) this.layers.get(layer)).addNeuron(n);
-        ((FCLayer) this.layers.get(layer + 2)).updateInputSize(n);
+
+        for (int i = layer + 1; i < this.layers.size(); i++) {
+            if (this.getLayers().get(i) instanceof FCLayer) {
+                ((FCLayer) this.layers.get(i)).updateInputSize(n);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/layers/FCLayer.java b/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/layers/FCLayer.java
index 21bdc7b..2c78c5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/layers/FCLayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/lluni/javann/layers/FCLayer.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class FCLayer extends Layer {
             }
             for (int i = 0; i < newWeights.getNumElements(); i++) {
                 if (newWeights.get(i) == 0) {
-                    newWeights.set(i, random.nextDouble(-1, 1));
+                    newWeights.set(i, 0.1d * random.nextGaussian(0, 1));
                 }
             }
             this.weights = newWeights;